Quotes

 These are special to me, because it is a collection of things said about me and my art. I am putting a copy here in case my dA account is taken down. Why do I fear this? Hell, payment processors alone should be enough to scare the crap out of you as a creator. And it can happen quick, in one day seven years of work and 4000+ images will be gone. And it is not a matter of "if" with second and third tier "special interest social media" it is a matter of "when."

There will likely be a day that dA or even Patreon are sold and they are purged. That "adult content" flag you think is you being helpful to the platform will be weaponized against you as an artist.

In my conversations with Sylvia, our team writer, I realized how vulnerable a position I built myself into. Nowhere is safe, buy Google is huge and has some of the better content guidelines for artists - at the moment. You can't monetize here, but that is sort of not the point.

If I get my accounts get wiped off Deviant Art and Patreon, what happens to me and my work? And this doesn't even have to be a content strike either. A rebranding could do the same thing. A sale of the company to overseas venture capitalists could do the same thing. A greater crackdown by the cancel state could do the same thing.

So this is a reckoning.

Doubt all of this? All I need to say is Tumblr.

"As someone just starting out in 3d webcomics and working with Daz, I must say your work is amazing and inspiring. Thanks for sharing all this..."

"I want said a big bravo because all your pictures and stories are awesome!"

"You were very good before, but I think you've become a master."

"You are the Stanley Kubrick of 3d. An unmatched auteur. Hands down."

"Dude, this is a cluster f*** of biblical proportions! I love it!"

"You guys provide a ton of content!"

"I really love your images, keep it up! :)"

"The work is wonderful, and your ladies are gorgeous. The art shows erotic with the focus mostly on story and the eroticism as pin-up style."

"This series would make legendary anime if Netflix or Amazon  would pick it up."

"I never thought I'd ever see Hollywood-level images made like this. I'm overwhelmed by your innate skill and talent."

"I can't decide if you're the second coming of Robert Heinlein or Harlan Ellison or J. Michael Straczynski incognito."

"I don't always comment, but I do daily read your work - there is nothing else like it anywhere. On one level it's a throwback to when comics/graphic novels told good stories (The Killing Joke, Demon in a Bottle, Maus, et cetera); but on another it's art as well composed as anything by Frank Miller or Todd McFarland."

It honestly and truly baffles me you haven't been picked up by a comics studio. I know Marvel wouldn't touch you with a ten foot pole given it's current direction, but IDW, Boom! and the like should be flooding your inbox. Don't know what you do to keep body and soul together, but it SHOULD be this!

In any event, you are the sole reason checking DA daily is part of my routine. "

"DC and Marvel versus Ren? Movie quality work. Detroit, meet Japan."

"THIS IMAGE IS RECOGNIZED AS A MASTERWORK OF EROTOGRAPHY IN DIGITAL ART BY EVA SURGA"

"He's the Bob Ross and Bob Guccione of 3d."

" Oh. My. God. It has been a rough day, but this picture and the accompanying story has just completely flipped that around. "

"I just wanted to say I absolutely love your work."

"I know you say you're not. But there's no way your not J. Michael Straczynski! No one can maintain a 2 year storyline!"

"Keep up the great work!!!"

"Yet another piece of true Ren Magic."

 "Unafraid. The future of comics."

"Powerfully sexy artwork." 

"Fun stuff!" 

"If Robert Heinlein were alive today, this is the kind of stuff he'd be doing. Bravo!" 

"Are you J. Michael Straczynski?" 

"I know you deny it, but at times I still think you're J. Michael Straczynski."

"James is a BOSS. My evil hero." 

"This is seriously not good!" 

"You use images to tell stories in ways no one in DA can." 

"Scary good!" 

"You are a Digital Renaissance Man" 

"...you have a rare genius akin to Swift or Twain" 

"I NEVER underestimate you. I just expect to be stunned all the time."

"This, what your team is doing, is art. Holding a mirror to the world; forcing all those who looks to think about this life and those in it. I am a better man for having experienced it. 

Thank you for sharing your passion, insight, humor, and skills with the world."